Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Your marketing strategies and the marketing channels you use can drastically affect your fundraising success throughout the year. Nonprofit marketing refers to all of the different strategies your organization uses across the various channels of communication to spread awareness about your cause and gain new supporters for your mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. 1) Set up and prioritize LinkedIn Pages in your social media strategy. Finally, prioritize your LinkedIn Page in your overall social media strategy and commit to posting regularly. LinkedIn Pages.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Chances are, your donor base is included in that number, making your nonprofit’s presence on social media and developing your nonprofit social media strategy just that much more important for attracting potential new donors and engaging with your loyal supporters. How to Create a Nonprofit Social Media Strategy. Set SMART goals.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

What is a good social media strategy for nonprofits? Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. Why should nonprofits use social media?

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The MGO is a big deal because it requires a unique skill set: A love for people A genuine dedication to your cause A good storyteller (and ‘question asker’!) They like people, are dedicated and enthusiastic about your cause, are great storytellers and listeners , and have a natural gift for raising money (of course!).

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Your nonprofit relies on storytelling to forge emotional connections with potential supporters and spread awareness of your mission. Understanding Why Podcasts Work for Nonprofits Aside from gaining access to the millions of podcast fans, employing them as part of your content strategy allows you to: Enhance engagement.

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Classy

AUGUST 4, 2021

Nonprofits who get more of their staff involved in their online fundraising strategy prove to be more successful in driving donations. Members of this team review fundraising metrics , such as: Which recurring donors have upcoming credit card expirations, in order to stay ahead of lapsed recurring gifts. Development and Fundraising.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

To succeed, it’s important to grasp the basics of three strategies: email fundraising, direct mail fundraising, and fundraising events. These proven strategies will lay a strong foundation for your organization and pave the way for future growth. Engage with storytelling: The theme for your event should tell a story.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2023

The answers to those questions are constantly being written and rewritten, but these last few years have shown us that the most successful fundraising organizations are those that try new strategies, take calculated risks, and, most importantly, focus on being proactive. Storytelling is not new for charities, but the way we tell them can be!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

A content calendar is the link between posting daily on social media and a social media strategy. Start spending more time on your most successful channels to improve your social media strategy. Your next campaign will be more effective with storytelling, so it’s time to get everyone’s feedback when building your story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

One of the most valuable is to incorporate a process evaluation, capturing what actually happened as the event or program unfolded. Another creative way of doing the debrief, is to use organizational storytelling. Storytelling or rather story sharing isn’t just for presentations , it can help build your nonprofit’s capacity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Using more than two hashtags is not a good growth or engagement strategy on Twitter. From big victories to little wins, focusing on the positive angle of your work is beneficial to your social media content strategy overall. Be more generous and strategic in your follow back strategy. Don’t be a #hashtag #spammer.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

Plan your content strategy. After establishing the big picture of your nonprofit podcast, it’s time to get into the nitty gritty of podcast planning with your content strategy. Regularly check in on metrics like unique listeners and audience growth so you can adapt your strategies as needed. Record your podcast.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

For each of your online campaigns, your revenue goal should tie into your overall fundraising strategy. To better analyze your campaigns, you’ll need to understand a few fundamental metrics, including ROI, cost per dollar raised (CPDR), and cost per acquisition (CPA). Use an integrated multichannel strategy.

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DipJar

AUGUST 11, 2022

Implementing great fundraising strategies is critical to running a successful nonprofit. In July, Melissa Smith , the VP of Marketing and Strategy at DipJar joined Ellen Bristol of Bristol Strategy Group and Julia Beltran of Double the Donation for NXUnite’s “The Quest for Best Practices: Annual Giving Success Strategies for Today” panel.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

If the culture is invested in the goal, the leadership can drive the innovative ideas into reality by communicating the mission and vision of the organization, keeping metrics front and center through regular reviews, and then looping the data back to the community and the employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

One of the networks I’m supporting are the grantees in the Friending the Finish Line strategy. Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. Use of counting metrics.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Development officers, executive directors, event planners, consultants, and emerging leaders came together to discuss fundraising trends, donor retention, DEI (diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace) strategies, and so much more. Implement procedures to asess metrics. Track successes and failures to inform future strategy. “Be

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Classy

JULY 28, 2021

At the same time, introduce tools and strategies that increase your revenue and grow your audience. Look for trends among the following: Outreach strategies you used on those days. For a modern donation experience, encourage recurring gifts through compelling storytelling and targeted campaigns. Optimize My Donation Page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2011

Yesterday, I blogged about the &# Valid Metrics Framework &# from the AMEC that provides a suggested guide post for selecting the right metrics to measure social media in the context of an integrated communications campaign. Is your strategy and measurement for integrated communications campaigns based on the right metaphor?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? I think there are many timeless lessons that still apply to current strategy that can be gleaned from looking backward. Lean into what works.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Network and create an outreach strategy. Visual storytelling is important on LinkedIn, so make sure you’re posting high quality, informative images. On every post you create, you’ll be able to see engagement metrics, such as impressions, click-through rates, shares, reactions, and comments. Take advantage of sponsored content.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We’ll go over how to evaluate your organization’s own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to employee engagement strategies later on. Before we go over how to implement new strategies to engage employees, let’s discuss the challenges many businesses and nonprofits face when it comes to employee engagement, such as: Insufficient training.

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

Experiment with different styles, such as using questions, statements, or even storytelling, to find the approach that works best for your organization. Measure the impact: Track the performance of your AI-generated images in terms of engagement, conversions, and other relevant metrics. Example from CauseWriter.ai.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Strategy Tune Ups : Geoff Livingston shares his strategy tips on how nonprofits can break through the social media clutter and get stakeholders pay attention (Julie Pippert talks about the importance of passion) and a framework to think about your social media strategy. Holly Minch shared this excellent template.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 8, 2019

Show your major donors their return on investment and emphasize the direct and lasting effects of their generosity through storytelling. Additionally, you need to continuously analyze your statistics and metrics throughout the year. Honest self-assessment will give you positive long-term results. Turn to the community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

To create meaningful material that will move audiences to action, though, a human touch and a sound communication strategy is still essential. It’s about going beyond superficial engagement metrics to truly grasp what an audience cares about, what questions they want answers to, and what inspires them to take action.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

You’ve read articles about up-and-coming communications channels and whether you should incorporate them into your nonprofit outreach strategy. But, the fact of the matter is, the channels you employ will have little impact on your outreach strategy if the messages you send through those channels are subpar. Let’s get started.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

NTEN’s gathered some of the top nonprofit social media experts to help your organization devise a solid strategy as well as learn the secrets of using a variety of social media tools. Experience a variety of social web tools that are essential in listening/engaging, storytelling, generating buzz, and online networking.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 19, 2023

It’s common knowledge today that storytelling is among the most effective ways to connect with an audience and deliver content in a way that’s catchy, resonant, and memorable. But what does storytelling mean in practice? The post Truly Compelling Cases for Support: 5 Storytelling Tips appeared first on Greater Giving Blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Here’s 5 key steps to mapping your work towards metrics: Problem : Be as specific as possible, focus on the problems you will be addressing directly (not just changing the world). Value : These emerge from the Strategy choices and Benefits. Embrace storytelling. The basics include: Show impact in real time.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Read on to discover the value of data-driven storytelling and how this key feature increases trust and enables your nonprofit to drive more revenue. By applying simple information-sharing strategies, you can appeal to donors who, in today’s dynamic world, are more sophisticated and demand data when deciding how to allocate funds for donation.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2010

Too often "new" constructs are not really that new and they aren't really usable in business in general, much less in the world of technology-focused strategy. It was almost by accident, then, that I stumbled onto a piece called Strategy as Learning in the recent issue of Columbia's e-newsletter " Ideas At Work."

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s marketable, it’s ripe for good storytelling, and can ease the process of coming up with a fresh campaign concept. By focusing on alumni as givers and integrating a #GivingTuesday campaign with their year-end strategy they have been incredibly successful. Is it best to create a monetary goal or one based on impact metrics?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2013

Infographics can be used in different and creative ways and some obvious ones such as marketing messaging , educating about a social issue , to celebrate a successful campaign , to report to stakeholders on key performance metrics , an annual report, and even a marriage proposal ! Need some more ideas?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This interactive webinar experience will begin with a plenary session providing an overview of social media strategy, organizational adoption issues, capacity, metrics, and strategy execution. Experience a variety of social web tools that are essential in listening/engaging, storytelling, generating buzz, and online networking.

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